Britains horses

mreyder wrote:

I have much more fotos of my Britains-animals, but i am a bit hesitant to show them here: i did before and people who use Google Chrome as a browser have some problems with my pics; apparently they get a warning from Google that my site (where my photos are) contains a virus: only Google Chrome gives this warning, i think it is because of a piece of scripting i use. So: if a lot of members use Chrome and will have problems, i will delete these photos and stop putting photos here.

We would love surely your interesting contributions here. The problem is that although STS is not related with these messages Chrome gives, it makes people not get confortable how how safe is to visit the forum. Actually, the problem is www.bokkerijdersburcht.nl. Chrome explains it but not everyone knows it is not related with STS.
I am sure a big part of our members uses Chrome as long as it is probably the best of most popular browsers. :)
www.imgur.com is the easiest tool I know to host pictures, you only have to drag and drop the pictures directly from your computer to the images section of the IMGUR website .
Clicking on uploaded picture, you'll have the bbcode that you can copy with a single click, directly to your post on forum. You don't even have to use the message tools of STS.

I am still a Internet Explorer-user    I know i can upload the pics to a host of pics, sometimes i use Photobucket for this, in case of pics (of non-Britains-items) which i don't show on my own website. But there are thousands of pics on my site (my Britains-collection contains at the moment more then 8000 items) and i'm not going to upload these pics to a photo-host: to much work. Even if i would upload the pics which i want to show here: uploading 1 pic takes several minutes. I work 60 hours a week, have to take care of my owm farm (lots of animals), so i just don't have the time for this. Apart from this: ONLY Google Chrome has this problem with my site, other browsers (eqcually popular ones like Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer) don't: so, in my oppinion the problem lies mainly at Chrome. I just can say to people who are interested in old Britains-animals etc: take a look at my site. I'm sorry that the Menu is in Dutch, i hope interested people still find their way on the site. And for anyone who has questions about the site: feel free to PM me.

Super boxed 6F Plough sets, I especially like the post-war one, which I think is actually rarer than the older pre-war one.

Those tan plastic cart horses are also very rare. I only have one (the other leg positions one), despite buying as many of these plastic cart horses, usually in brown or white, as I can over the years.

mreyder wrote:

I am still a Internet Explorer-user     I know i can upload the pics to a host of pics, sometimes i use Photobucket for this, in case of pics (of non-Britains-items) which i don't show on my own website. But there are thousands of pics on my site (my Britains-collection contains at the moment more then 8000 items) and i'm not going to upload these pics to a photo-host: to much work. Even if i would upload the pics which i want to show here: uploading 1 pic takes several minutes. I work 60 hours a week, have to take care of my owm farm (lots of animals), so i just don't have the time for this. Apart from this: ONLY Google Chrome has this problem with my site, other browsers (eqcually popular ones like Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer) don't: so, in my oppinion the problem lies mainly at Chrome. I just can say to people who are interested in old Britains-animals etc: take a look at my site. I'm sorry  that the Menu is in Dutch, i hope interested people still find their way on the site. And for anyone who has questions about the site: feel free to PM me.

I understand, as from these 4 popular browsers, you have only problems with one of them, it was too much work to change everything. As you are showing, a horse can stand perfectly with 3 legs!
Of course the problem must be from Chrome, it has a kind of reputation system and the service where your webpage is hosted probably got negative feedback or so.
Have you ever reported it to them? It is not good for the service you're using that Chrome users have troubles with it. Maybe they can find a solution, they have all interest in it.

The cheaper single horse plough set 142F, made 1952-61:

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Horse drawn roller 9F, pre-war version with roller in two sections and wire going right through horse.

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Post-war version with roller in 11 sections and small projection on inside of shafts which fit into dents on the side of the horse.

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Compare the meerkat horses:

Early Herald 'Shire Mare', 1955-69, and later Shire, 1970>
Early Shire was in 3 basic colours, white, black and brown, the last being in several shades over the years. Later Shire white and brown.
The early Shire had the Herald trumpeter logo underneath until 1963-64, when changed to "Britains Ltd Made in England'  
There are more minor variations in Jonathan Stephens' study of it.  

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Herald 'Draught Horse' 1961-71, and 'Clydesdale' 1972>
Both made in white and brown, both with separate collar.

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'Shire' 1970> and 'Clydesdale' 1972>
For you horse enthusiasts to discuss their relative sizes and shapes, regarding did Britains get them right?

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Dave, thanks for posting all these pictures and informations about these heavy horses.
They all are wonderful!
It's pertinent that Britains, as some other companies, mixed Shries and Clydesdales in their ranges, although, as previously explained, both breeds look very similar. Well, their geography can explain whyBritains decided it.
Both are in different poses what doesn't help the comparison, could you please take a picture of the Clydesdale when it stops walking?
The Clyde looks somewhat lighter and with a more arched neck than Shire, it may be because of the pose as I told and of course I cannot judge if the company got them correctly.
Both are for sure great sculptures of draught horses.

mreyder wrote:

And also a rare horse is this one:

Not only is this horse rare because of the color, but this horse has only 3 legs: his left hindleg is missing: is is not brokenoff or cut-off: something went wrong in the mold. Not only in my horse, but i have seen another exactly like this also. I THINK a small batch of horses just was not produced right and a few (or maybe all) were used and sold....
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Wow, they were selling 3 legged horse figures?   It's hard to imagine the situation like that in toys shops nowadays   It's very interesting, thank you for sharing Mreyder!

Dave, all these horses are lovely! I think general proportions between them are also good Britains sculpted very good draft horses I think I love both versions of Shire moods, the oder mare is very natural looking and has the right mare looks (especially comparison between two necks looks correct-mares have usually smaller crest than stallions)

Size differences between Clydesdale and Shire seems correct also, Clydesdales are usually just a little bit smaller.

Are these all drafts released by Britains?

Ana wrote:

Are these all drafts released by Britains?

They were/are all Britains, the older Shire and 'Draught Horse' obviously deleted long ago, see dates in post.

I think the 2nd Shire and the Clydesdale are still made, but in a not very nice colour versions - if you want them, look for older examples on eBay or at toy fairs.

Another Britains lead horse drawn vehicle, the Farmer's Gig, 20F.
Made from 1929, but this is a post-war version, ended 1961

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Thanks once more Dave! Another wonderful representative of that iconic brand!

This is very pretty! Beautiful horse and elegant vehicle. I like it very much

Great model!!   

From my collection, an early, probably circa 1930, Britains horse drawn 'Timber Carriage', 12F

Having a problem with Flickr. Will continue trying to sort it.

Ohh, I really love these! Where you guys have found your lovely horses? I want some   

     

Can you guys see the photo of the timber carriage?
I seem to be back in business - having joined photobucket.
This is in my collection.  

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Post war version in new post below.

I can't see either photo

Unfortunately the photo is not visible for me.

I cannot  

It seems there's lots of problems at Flickr, so I'll just have to hope they fix it, and try again in a few days time.

If all else fails, I'll have to join Photobucket.

Dave, I also cannot see the picture, though, I can see that you're not copying the correct code. Could you please post directly a link to your picture and I try to solve it? :)

Now it work   Beautiful horse with carriage!

Post-war version of Britans horse drawn Timber Carriage 12F & box lid art.
Not mine - photos lifted from one of these sold on eBay.

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